Those movies might have been psuedo-entertaining if he hadn't slapped the RE label on them. I'm sure that Paul Anderson ruins stuff on purpose. Like, he says in the interviews that he's all into the games. How the hell can you be into the games and not even know who the characters are?

On the second point, take Jill if it's your first run-through. She has a starting pistol, lockpicks, and can carry more stuff.